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14 January 2007

French Speaking Blogs of the Caribbean, Africa and Oceania in 2006

Written by Alice Backer · Technology, Politics

Logo of the Madagascar Blogger's Meeting that took place January 5-6, 2007 in Antananarivo. By and large French speaking blogs and bloggers of the world have reason to envy English,...

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18 October 2006

New Caledonia: Fete du Boeuf

Written by Alice Backer · Arts & Culture

Says Sebastien Merion from 5 Minutes en Nouvelle Caledonie: J'ai l'impression de revenir direct des States, mais non, ce n'était que le village de Païta et sa fameuse fête du...

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14 July 2006

French DOM-TOM Bloggers on Zidane's “Coup de Tete”

Written by Alice Backer · Indigenous, Sport

Bloggers from the French Overseas Departments and Territories of the Caribbean and Oceania had much to say about the French soccer team's performance at the World Cup Final. The French...

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12 June 2006

Latest in French-Speaking Blogs of the Caribbean and Oceania

Written by Alice Backer · Ideas, Arts & Culture

NEW CALEDONIA Annoella near Gadji, New Caledonia. By Sebastien Merion. A few months ago, we learned that Sebastien and Annoella of 5 minutes en Nouvelle Caledonie got married in Mauritius....

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14 May 2006

France & Francophonia Commemorate Slavery Amidst Curriculum Controversy

Written by Alice Backer · Ideas, Education

Image courtesy of oliviermr2 A Day of Remembrance France commemorated slavery for the first time on May 10, reports Haiti's Alterpresse: Le président francais qualifie d’infamie, la traite négrière et...

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10 May 2006

Image from Mauritius: Happy Bride

Written by Alice Backer · Blogger Profiles

Annoella and Sebastien on their wedding day. By Sebastien Merion. Annoella and Sebastien met in New Caledonia. Annoella is from Mauritius and Sebastien is from metropolitan France and has been...

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Updates about New Caledonia

17 November 2011

French

French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz's movie “L'ordre et la morale” (”Order and morality”), that recounts the tragic 1988 hostage taking at the Ouvéa cave, is not welcome in New Caledonia. The blog Ecran Noir ('Black Screen') describes the local controversy around the film's release, here and here [fr]. After New Caledonia's one and only theater declined, the movie will finally be shown in the Tjibaou Cultural Center [fr] in the capital Nouméa, on Déc. 12.

• Suzanne Lehn

28 September 2011

French

Two French microlight planes enthusiasts, aboard the microlight Spirit of Noumea, are planning to re-live French aviators Paul Klein and Henri Martinet's groundbreaking 1939 plane journey from Nouméa, New Caledonia, to Paris. Their journey can be followed on this map and is also documented via their diary [fr] on the project's site.

• Claire Ulrich

27 August 2007

French

Caledosphere links to an article in which people living with AIDS in Papua New Guinea (New Caledonia's neighboring country) were buried alive by their relatives because they could not afford their treatments and were also afraid of being infected (Fr).

• Lova Rakotomalala

23 August 2007

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9 February 2007

Updates

Expat French blogger Katuali complains (Fr) about the ridiculous markup in prices on French products in New Caledonia, an Oceanian island which is technically part of France: “That there be taxes and custom fees is fine but from there to selling a product 6.65 times more than what it costs in mainland France, is it really worth it? To top it all off, it's a product that is supposed to be eaten fresh.”

• Alice Backer

29 January 2007

Comments on "New Caledonia"

New Caledonia: Miss New Caledonia pageant is soon

Bring Miss Caledonia to the world. Have her compete at Miss Universe. That last happened in 1982!
Elles sont mignonnes dis donc les caledoniennes. Mais dis moi elles sont cow girls en plus...

Congratulations and best wishes. May you go from strength to strength. May every happiness be yours!
Hi Chanda, This is not Sebastien and Annoella's personal blog. You may want to contact them directly at the link to...
hello there u 2.. was just going thru the net when i came across "Anoella and Sebastien...." Wow..U have no doubt...

Hi Gracie, You may want to write some Caledonian bloggers directly to ask your question. I'd love to help you but...
Alice, I'm an American high school teacher from Louisiana and am interested in New Caledonia and would like to know of...
thanks, t!